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Groundwork done, FTA talks with Canada soon
25-Jun-2010
India and Canada could start negotiations on a free trade agreement for opening up markets in goods, investments and services by the end of this year.
EU wine diplomacy and Indian exports
18-Jun-2010 IWA
The EU has many bilateral agreements on wine in order to aggressively protect its corporate interests
Commons seals Colombia free-trade deal
15-Jun-2010 Globe & Mail
Canada’s free-trade agreement with Colombia passed Monday in the House of Commons with the backing of the Liberals, sealing a deal much criticized by human rights groups
Canada to scrutinize Caribbean labor, environment standards
9-Jun-2010 AFP
A planned trade deal between Canada and the 15-nation Caribbean Community (Caricom) will increase scrutiny on the organization’s enforcement of labor and environmental laws, Canada said Tuesday.
Forgery, murder, deception — the Canada-Colombia free trade agreement.
9-Jun-2010 NUPGE
The lies are constant, unerring, and slick; yet the lies haven’t been able to convince members of the US Congress that this new government in Colombia has any respect for human rights. Apparently, the Harper government and Ignatieff’s Liberals are much more pliable.
Can-EU trade talks look good but face 3 potential sticking points: Spanish envoy
2-Jun-2010 Canadian Press
A European diplomat identified three potential obstacles Tuesday to a free-trade deal with Canada: intellectual property rights, agriculture and government contracts.
Canada free trade agreement with Panama signed
16-May-2010 Suite 101
A key benefit of the agreement is that Canadian businesses will now be able to bid on projects that the Panamanian government finances.
Canada seeks full access to Saudi beef market
13-May-2010 Arab News
Canada, which lost millions of dollars in beef trade opportunities with Saudi Arabia following the outbreak of mad-cow disease, is now seeking full access to this lucrative Saudi market. There is also talk of possibly holding negotiations for a free trade agreement and a general investment protection accord with the Gulf states.
Tweet-In for Colombia – Stop the free trade agreement
11-May-2010 CUPE
The time is now to stop the Conservatives and Liberals who are trying to rush through a harmful free trade agreement with Colombia without properly assessing its potential impact on human rights, workers and the environment.
MPs divided on Canada-Colombia trade agreement
10-May-2010
Increasing trade between Canada and Colombia would help fight drug traffickers and improve human rights in the South American country, says Saskatchewan MP Brad Trost. But critics say the country’s poor human-rights record should put any free-trade plans on hold.
Canada-EU deal will affect more than trade
10-May-2010
It’s unsettling to know that even on the heels of the recent free-trade themed Canada-EU summit in Brussels, most Canadians haven’t a clue that our federal and provincial governments are negotiating with the European Union what could be the largest, most significant bilateral trade deal in history.
Saskatchewan joins B.C., Alberta in interprovincial free trade market
10-May-2010 Journal of Commerce
British Columbia and Alberta have signed an economic partnership with Saskatchewan that creates Canada’s biggest interprovincial free trade market and is designed to promote trade with Asia.
Panama, Canada To Sign Free Trade Agreement
9-May-2010 Inside Costa Rica
Panama’s Commerce and Industry Minister Roberto Henriquez will fly to Toronto, Canada, to sign on May 14 a free trade agreement.
Free trade with Europe?
7-May-2010 Toronto Star
Canadian critics of the EU free trade deal believe that Harper’s real aim in the negotiations is to get rid of barriers to free trade within Canada.
Canada will resist EU demands in trade agreement talks
5-May-2010 Feedstuffs.com
The Canadian government will resist pressure from European Union trade negotiators to open the domestic dairy and poultry markets to European product in talks on a free trade agreement, the country’s number-two agriculture minister said May 3.
Canada may gain as US delays Colombia agreement
29-Apr-2010 Bloomberg
Colombian Trade Minister Luis Guillermo Plata said Canadian exporters may gain as US lawmakers delay approval of a free-trade agreement with the Latin American country.
Big stakes in Canada-Europe trade talks, but little attention
28-Apr-2010
It may well be the biggest and most important trade negotiation that most Canadians have never heard of.
Malaysia and Canada may join TPP trolley
23-Apr-2010 Eyes on Trade
As the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) train begins to chug along the track a little faster, more countries are signaling that they want to jump on the bandwagon. Last month Colombia indicated its interest in joining the TPP talks and now Malaysia and Canada are doing the same.
Colombia-Canada FTA in final stages
21-Apr-2010 Colombia Reports
Colombia’s minister of trade, industry and tourism, Luis Guillermo Plata, announced Tuesday that the country has reached the "final stages" of negotiating a free trade agreement (FTA) with Canada, reports Caracol Radio.
Canada - Door open for beef to Colombia
21-Apr-2010 Meat Trade News
The Colombian market for Canadian beef, worth about $6 million per year, has just been reopened in the context of the proposed Canada-Colombia FTA, after being closed since 2003 due to BSE in Canadian cattle.